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YI TNESSESJ' N. PETERS` PHOTO LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c @nith tatatnt @Hire P. L. WEIMER, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,J. A. WEIMER, AND L. E'. WEIMER, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent. No. 67,006, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVED MBANSQPOR RINGTNG BELLS.

TO ALL WHOY IT MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that I, l). L. VEIMEP., of Lebanon, in thc county ofLebanon, and State of ]."ennsylvania, have invented a new and improvedMode of Ringing Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh- YFigure 1 is a perspective view, showing the application of my inventionto a bell.

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe saine.

Figure 3 is a top view ofthe bell.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the threefigures. n

The object of this invention is to provide a very simple and efficientmeans for rotating mounted bells while 'being rung, so that the hammersshall strike at different points upon the sound-bows or interiorsurfaces of the bells, thereby preventing injury to the bells by thesuccessive striking of their hammers upon the same points.

The nature ofv my invention consists in the application to a bell, whichis allowed to have a rotary motion about its axis, of aV ratchet whichis acted upon by a pawl, that is applied to a vibrating loaded lever insuch manner that in the act of ringing the bell, by giving it a swingingmotion, it shall be rotated intermittently about its axis, as will behereinafter described. y

To enable Aothers skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

The bell A which I have represented in the accompanying drawings, may beconstructed in the usual wellknown manner, and provided with a stud orpin, a, projecting from the centre of its crown. This stud passesthrough a tubular bearing, b, formed upon the oscillating yoke B, andreceives a washer, c, and nut, d, upon its upper end, by which means thebell'is allowed tov rotate aboutits axis while it vibrates about theanis of motion of said yoke. Upon the crown of the bell A, andconcentric to its axis, is a ratchet-wheel, d, the teeth of which aremade in its top surface, as shown. This ratchet face may be formed incasting the bell, or the circular elevation in which these teeth aremade may be cast with the bell, and the teeth eut in afterward, or ifdesirable, theratchet-wheel may be made separate from the bell, andsecured to it in any suitable manner. Upon one side of. the turning-pinof the bell two lugs are formed on the upper edge of the yoke B, betweenwhich is pivoted a lever, C, one end of which is loaded by the ball g,and the other has the bell-rope attachedto it, as shown in figs. 1 and2. This lever is pivoted to its yoke B so as to have a. motionindependent thereof, and the lug or boss z, which is formed on the loweredge of this lever, is designed .to afford an abutment for it againstthe yoke when its long arm is drawn down in the act of ringing the bell.A pawl, p, is pivotcd to thc lug L of lever: C, so that the engaging endof this pawl will lie upon and engage withthe ratchet-teeth upon thecrown of thc bell, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. The weight g upon theshortest arm eflever C will depress this arm when there is uo draughtupon the bell-rope, and thus move the pawlp backward one or more teeth,so that when the bell-rope is pulled-the pawl will cause the bell tomove a short distance about its axis. By this means the bell willreceive intermittent circular movements in the act of ringing it, andthe hammer will strike at a different point at each successive stroke.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The application ot' ratchet-teeth to the crown of a bell which isadapted for being rotated, by a vibrating lever and pawl, while beingyrung, substantially as described.

2. An independently vibrating lever, O, provided' with aweight and apawl, or their respective equivalents, and applied to an oscillatingyoke, B, having a rotating bell suspended from it, substantially asdescribed.

' P. L. WEIMER.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. TODD, JOHN SHINDEL.

